**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

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Hey Hey! Chip #2 has slightly degraded, needs a little more vcore to be stable at old clocks and idles 2 or 3C hotter. This time with max vcore = 1.415v, no prime or anything but PI at that high v. It almost seems like running high FSB period is doing the damage. The temps never broke 56C and like I said vcore 1.415v. Other max v - VTT - 1.15v, PLL - 1.55v, NB - 1.45v, VDIMM - 2.3v.

This was all the result of a little PI and 3dmark benching on Saturday. The next day, I noticed temps a bit higher so I checked to see if it had degraded by going back to a previously prime stable setting in cmos reloaded. It needed a vcore bump from 1.22v to 1.25v to pass.

Oh well, it still passes prime at 1.25vcore set in bios, but I want my baby back! lol I have a record of before and after, and what I did along the way, but before I plug it all in as a reply here, is there a database specific to degradation anywhere? I'm hoping it doesn't continue it's downhill slide as long as I stay under 1.3vcore from here on out. Has anyone else had chip seem to degrade, backed off, and then it stayed put? Most of the experiences I read about say that it kept going down the tubes.